The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-22
The work of vradiny walnut street

The work of grading Walnut street
has been in progress for several days.
Front street, from the slough to the
Blue Earth river, is being graded and
otherwise improved.
-Mapleton and Minnesota Lake ball
clubs played seven innings Saturday,
when the score stood Ii TO II in favor OF
the former.
| West Mankato has improved WON
derfully IN the past year and is rapidly
coming to the front us an important part
of the city.
-Hoerr & Patterson's new block on
South Front street is rapidly going up.
The first story has been completed and
work has begun on the second.
John Thompson's around the
World" will be played at the Opera
House August 9th to Sth. Haverly will
open the regular season Aug. 10th.
The city commissioners met this af-
ternoon to assess the benefits and dam
ages of the Bradley street improvement
upon the adjacent property owners.
Judge Severance granted u divorce
to-day to Mrs. Rosanna p. Lindsay, of
Decoria, on the plea was that her hus-
band, VIM. w. Lindsay, had deserted
her, not having lived with her for four
years.
Miss Katy Lerch, daughter of Mr..
Fred Lerch, was the holder of the sue
cessful ticket at the drawing of the set
of furniture at the Opera House Saturday
night. The number of the lucky ticket
was 1858.
Co. + had the largest average at
tendance at camp of any company in the
regiment, the average attendance being
1928. 1t also drew the largest amount of
money-S720.06. This is the largest
amount it ever drew at one time.
Nothing has been done on the court
house since work was ordered stopped
by the architect some days ago. 1t is
not yet known whether the matter will
be aired in the courts or not, but the in
tentions of the contractor will probably
be made known i'll a few days. The con-
tract calls for the completion of the
stone work by Aug. LIST, but this is i'm
possible now.
One of the incoming Omaha trains |
last Friday night, brought the report |
that dead man was lying beside the |
track somewhere between here and |
Lake Crystal. The train dispatcher tel |
egraphed TO Lake Crystal and notified |
the engineer of the next train to look |
out for the body and bring j: to Manka-
to. This was done, but when the sup
posed dead man was turned over to the |
depot authorities here 1t was found that |
he was only dead drunk.
The telegraph money order system
will go into effect at the Western Union
office in Maukato on August LIST. This |
city has been placed in class B, in which |
no sum over 800 can be sent or received |
by any one person in one day. There
are but five other cities in the state that |
have the system, as follows: ST. Paul,
Duleth, Saltwater and WI
mona. 1t will be of great convenience
to the business public, especially to
men. The system has never
been i'll use here before.
ST. Paul Globe: OF the pioneer women
of Minnesota, none probably have had
a more adventurous career than Mrs. !
Hinckley, of Mankato, formerly Mrs.
of st. Paul. Quite aged now
she lives To be known as the first white
woman ever in st. Paul, and as one of
the most vigorous and brave-hearted
feminines who ever came in the State.
Her career in following the march of civ
ilization, as far as l know of it, COM
menced at Green Bay wears ago. From
there she passed on to Fort Atkinson,
then to Prairie du Chen, then to st.
Paul, and finally settled in Mankato,
where she still resides, honored and |
loved. Her course in the frontier his
tory of the Northwest is remarkable in
stance of the courage and strength of a
woman when she dares.